Results 81-100 of 912 for justice speaker:Mattie McGrath

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...about it now - but we seem to be lethargic, inept and unable to catch up and do what they are doing over there. Many citizens are forced to take legal cases to Europe because they cannot get justice in the courts here and, in many cases, have got justice there. Here we are again being threatened. I mentioned this morning that Europe will not provide further funding for TB...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...We slip into the habit of having it and it is an easy way of getting around things and whatever else. That said, I would love to see some kind of a court set up in this country that would give justice to citizens and would take on some of the white-collar crime and some of the issues surrounding the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and what it has done. I have asked...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (20 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the full details of the EU General Agreement on Migration and Asylum reached recently; the obligations this agreement would have on Ireland; whether or not Ireland will have the option of opt-out of this agreement; the contributions of her Department in reaching this agreement; and if she will make a statement on...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...use them for drug trafficking or traffic them in any way, shape or form. It is obviously necessary. It is grand to come in and introduce legislation here, as we have with much legislation, and talk about the justice system. We see how the numbers in enforcement agencies, whether it be An Garda Síochána, the juvenile liaison officer, JLO, system or Garda diversion programmes,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...this month support disclosures Deputy Durkan has been making in this House since last September. A report prepared for the National Women’s Council of Ireland, NWCI, and the Department of Justice by Nuala Egan SC and Professor Ellen O'Malley Dunlop of the University of Limerick, UL, was launched on 3 May by the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris. This report states that many...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abuse (24 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of child sex abuse made to An Garda Síochána for each of the years 2015 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [25148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abuse (24 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for child sex abuse made by An Garda Síochána for each of the years 2015 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [25149/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Abuse (24 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions in the criminal courts for child sex abuse for each of the years 2015 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [25150/23]

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...said, we are talking about very traumatic situations. That said, I know of situations of coercive control by members of An Garda Síochána that I have brought to the attention of the Minister for Justice previously. I know of people who have gone to gardaí expecting and requiring support and there is one lady in particular in Wicklow that I would like the Minister to meet....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Minister for Justice is present. Clonmel has been waiting 64 years for a new Garda station. Superintendent Ruane and his team there, and the public, need a fit-for-purpose building, which they do not have. There have been statements today by a backbencher that we have decoupled the situation regarding the Children Court building from the two Garda stations involved in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (3 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that both he and the Firearms Expert Committee immediately engage and consult with a group (details supplied) in a meaningful way and to appoint a representative from the group to the Firearms Expert Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (3 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give assurances that any proposals brought forward by the Firearms Expert Committee will be backed by publicly available data and that all impacted parties will have a voice in the final decisions being made, including the actual firearms owners and those who will be most impacted by increased restrictions; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if international protection applicants have their records checked for criminal convictions; if so, the databases they are checked against; the countries that take part in those databases; how long the process takes; the process if an international protection applicant is found to have a criminal conviction; if they are...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...in the woods and nobody knew where it would end up. We have the mess. There are no regulations for these banking entities even though we are big shareholders in some of them. We have no recourse for justice for ordinary people in the courts. When they go to the courts for protection, fairness and fair play, they cannot get it. Some of them are going in as lay litigants - this is no...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Ukrainian nationals, who may have lost their own documentation, who have been granted Irish citizenship since the beginning of the Russian invasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16026/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (30 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Ukrainian national who has arrived in Ireland and has lost all ID documentation due to the Russian invasion can apply for and legitimately obtain Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16028/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...public private partnership, PPP, only for Garda stations and not complicate it with the children's court, which is a different vehicle, as I said. Will the Taoiseach intervene with the Minister for Justice immediately? It is my understanding that it is at a delicate stage at present. We may be able to make progress if we can get this funding segregated again and get progress for the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...them with proper supports such as body cams and so on. They need more resources on the ground to deal with thuggery and criminality. Above all, they need respect and support from the House, the Minister for Justice and the Commissioner who is not supporting gardaí in many areas where they are scarce on the ground. We need a full-scale debate on the issue in the House.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 1053. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of text alert groups that have been paid the text alert rebate for 2022 to date, by county; the reason for the delay in paying the rebate to the groups given the application process closed on 30 November 2022; if he will provide the details of each group, including the number who received a text alert rebate in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...elsewhere. I am asking about security at airports. I am not a lock-them-up-and-throw-away-the-key merchant, but people are genuinely worried. I received replies to questions I put to the Minister for Justice last year. The Department is worried about the people who came here without any documentation. I got replies which suggested that they might have had false documentation to allow...